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LONDON- Local student-athlete selected to play soccer in London. Page 22
Education
Local high schools and colleges provide students with a quality education. Pages 8-11 SUPERINTENDENT- The Wicomico Board of Education appoints a new superintendent. Page 3 EXPO- The 51st Annual Better Living EXPO is held. Page 4 MENTORING- The Wicomico Mentoring Project builds a foundation between students and adults. Page 6
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Bulletin Board.......................23-24 Business Digest........................ 12 Business Directory...............36-37 Business Profile........................ 12 Church........................................ 33 Community................................. 33 Dental Column........................... 31 Gee Dunsten.............................. 34 Education .............................26-29 Entertainment............................ 25 Final Word.................................. 38 Finance column......................... 13 Health....................................30-32 Personnel File............................ 14 Quality Staffing column............ 15 Real Estate................................. 34 Salisbury University.................. 29 Sports....................................18-22 The Great Outdoors.................. 21 Veronica Correa......................... 32
Vol. 3 No. 1 April 2016
EGG HUNT- Children make a dash for the Easter eggs during the Fruitland Easter Egg hunt, which was sponsored by the Fruitland Rec Commission. More photos on page 5. Photo by Mike McClure
Local graduates go on to have successful careers
By Al Higgins
Have you ever looked at highly successful people and asked yourself how these folks got to be where they are? Were they the product of the “Silver Spoon Syndrome” or maybe just lucky? Often, however, following a little digging and research you find that they were very much like all of us; they simply may have worked a little harder. David and Michael Taylor are two young men who have excelled in life. David was appointed County Judge in Arizona at age 34 and Michael, 33, is a Post Doctorate Scholar living and working at the University of Cambridge in England. Both young men are from right here on the Eastern Shore. Here is a little about their journey. Their parents, Susan and David Taylor, are long-time residents of the Eastern Shore. Susan can trace her heritage back to Pocahontas and David’s family arrived in America in 1634. Susan’s family owned a large farm in Dorchester County, while David’s family lived in Princess Anne. Susan earned her degree in microbiology from Arizona State and David, after graduating from Maryville College in Tennessee went on to earn his Masters in Psychology at
Salisbury University. After meeting and eventually marrying, the Taylors built a house in Eden, close to Allen, one of the lesser developed towns on the Lower Shore. They still reside on the family homestead. David served as the juvenile probation officer for the four Lower Shore Counties for over 30 years. He also worked for the Office of Youth Services for two years, before becoming a stock broker. Susan taught biology at the former Salisbury State University for many years and following the birth of her boys she obtained her nursing credentials and retired from her work at Coastal Hospice. During this period the Taylors had the two boys. Both boys began their formal education at The Salisbury School while three years of age. David transferred to the Magnet School in North Salisbury for the fourth grade and Michael did the same when entering the second grade. Both boys progressed through the Salisbury School System. While they were in school, the boys played varsity sports including track, soccer and lacrosse. Their father encouraged them to play varsity sports, with the caveat that they kept their grades up.
Following high school, the boys went their separate ways for college. David went to Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Va., where he studied History and Classics. After graduation he discovered a love for law and he enrolled in the Wake Forest law program. Upon graduation in 2005 he clerked for Judge Daniel M. Long in Somerset County, and then moved to Colorado and worked as a Staff Attorney for Judge Russell H. Granger, and began his own private practice. On September 11, 2014 David was appointed by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to fill the vacancy in the office of the Gilpin County Court Judge in the First Judicial District. David has had a long time passion for history and he believes his undergraduate work has helped him in his career and life, and will continue to help him in the judiciary. Following his appointment to judge he wrote, “… Law school taught me what to do as a judge. Majoring in history, however, gave me the tools and the perspective to learn – for myself – the why behind the what; majoring in history has taught me the incredible truth in that saying.” Continued on page 6